when johnends was nominated for president in 1960, the director hoover called bobby kennedy, jack's brother and his campaign manager, and said he just was calling to assure the kennedys that even though the file existed at the fbi on jack and inga arvad, they could rest assured that j.ed gar here would make sure the file was terribly taken care of wouldn't see the light of day. the kennedys got he the message and the first phone call that jack kennedy made, the first phone call after he was elect president, the day after the election, was to call j. edgar hoover and ask him to stay on as leader of the fbi. hoover used jack kennedy's relationship with inga arvad to ensure his own continued performance as director of the fbi. >> whats the importance of the inga and jfk story? >> i didn't believe that john kennedy would have been president of the united states without having known inga arvad because of three different things. first, inga arvad gave him the confidence to pursue a political career. he always cared about world affairs and wanted to go into politics but understood that number -- a

and when john kennedy was nominated for president in 1960, director huber bobby kennedy was jack's brother and his campaign manager and said he was calling to ensure the kennedys that even though the file existed at the fbi on jack and inga arvad that they can rest assured j edgar hoover make sure that file was taken care of and wouldn't see the light of day. the kennedys got the message and the very first phone call jack kennedy literally the first after he was elected president the day after the election was to call j edgar hoover and asked him to stay on as director of the fbi even though he had been under pressure from liberals to fire huber huber is the relationship with inga arvad to keep ensure his performance at the fbi. >> what is the importance of the inga and huber story? >> i don't believe he would've been president without knowing inga arvad. first, inga arvad gave him the confidence to pursue a political career. he always carried about world affairs and wanted to go into politics that he understood he always been compared within the family to his older brother. kathleen kenne

jack kennedy called corretta. bobby kennedy called the judge, martin luther king is free, and it is a breakthrough moment in the campaign. the african-americans seize on this. there are millions of leaflets printed by the kennedy operation that flood all of the black churches the sunday before the election. nixon did nothing, kennedy did. they were all over harlem. there was a guy who worked for adam powell then, he called up and said, "these things are all over harlem," and you had an enormous outpouring of african-american votes for jack kennedy in states where blacks were able to vote. it did not make a difference in the south because they cannot vote yet. it was absolutely -- i think even dwight eisenhower said that this made the difference. >> we tracked the spike in african-american turnout, new york, new jersey, michigan, illinois, missouri, minnesota. noticeable, 5%-10% above 1956 figures. ike said it swung the election. so did the chairman that year. >> we have time for a one minute question and two-minute

[laughter] >> jack kennedy had charisma. could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's mines. smart as hell, too. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. host: at our table this morning, justice correspondent for npr about thenson to talk fbi nominee christopher wray testifying on capitol

director hoover called bobby kennedy and said he was calling to assure the kennedys that even though this file existed at the fbi on jack , they could rest assured the j edgar hoover would make sure the file was taking care of and would not see the light of day. the kennedys got the message. the first phone call jack theedy made the day after election was to call j edgar hoover and ask him to stay on as director of the fbi, even though he had been under considerable pressure by liberals to fire hoover. >> what is the importance of chief -- inga and jfk story? >> i don't think he would have become president without her because of three things. she made it possible for him to pursue a political career. he always wanted to go to politics, but he was always being compared unfavorably within the family to his older brother. kathleen kennedy said it was heresy to suggest jack was better than joe junior. a said i can tell you, as somebody who has been on the world stage, you have everything it takes to be president of the united states if that's what you want to do, so put a fire to that ambition, and go all the way to the whi

has been assassinated -- no better memorial for jack kennedy. he doesn't say squat about south east asia at that particular point. i think that the one of the fascinating things here in minnesota in the past several years is the hmong exhibit which was at the minnesota historical society and if you went to that exhibit, i did it several times one of the things that you see is that laos figures very prominently. in the kennedy administration thinking there is very little mention of vietnam. i would like your reflection on that steve in terms the civil rights movement, what was happening domestically and our attention or lack away tension on southeast asia. >> there is one story that i forgot to tell you. i want to tell this about lyndon johnson. so it's personal. my wife is vietnamese so i don't know if you john roach. i don't know if you guys know john roach. john was a deputy dean of the fletcher school for a long time. was one of the founders. you must have worked with john a long time, congressman frazier, right? . he was johnson's intellectu

after nixon lost to jack kennedy and got beat by pat badly during the time of the missile crisis. howard k. smith of abc ran a concern -- documentary on next weekend the political obituary and invited to testify on tv to at a failure mr. nixon was and what a loser mr. nixon was at the bottom of his career. 1972 richgd nick son was become and won the greatest landslide in american political history. now how did he do that in terms of political strategy? basically when i went to work for nixon in 1965, i argued that i know about nelson rockefeller in 1960 where nixon tried to bring together nixon and republicans strong enough together to beat john f. kennedy rock feller behaveddedly and didn't take or get him as vp, i told him by '65 because i was gold water. center of gravity of this party has shifted. so we just seen a bunch of outsider conservatives stereotownship and types in california have taken over the republican party nationally. and at the same time, you are mr. republican. you have the center of the republican party locked up. if you can marry these conservatives to the c

but jack kennedy had charisma. and i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. ? to our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> senate republican leader mitch mcconnell released the latest version of the health care bill today. it would let insurers sell low-cost policies. while retaining cuts in medicaid. the bill could be voted on in the senate next week. earlier today, house speaker paul ryan and house democratic leader nancy pelosi spoke with reporters about health care legislation and other issues facing lawmakers. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> first i want to take a moment to talk about some flooding we've got right now in southeastern wisconsin. heavy rain has led to extensive flooding throughout our community. i spoke with governor walker. he has declared a state of emergency emergency in kenosha racine and walworth counties. i intend to return home to see firsthand and respond to recovery efforts on the ground and to assess the damage. the house co

let's go back, 1962, after nixon lost to jack kennedy and got beat by pat brown badly during the timesile crisis. howard k smith at abc ran a documentary the next weekend, political obituary of richard nixon and invited them to testify on what a loser nixon was and he was at the bottom of his career. by 1972, richard nixon was back and had won the greatest landslide in american political history. how did he do that in terms of political strategy? basically, when i went to work for nixon in 1965, i argued that i know all about the pack of fifth avenue with rockefeller 1960 when nixon tried to bring together the nixon republicans, rockefeller republicans. we would have been strong enough, i think, together to beat john f. kennedy and rockefeller of course behaved badly and the president didn't take-- didn't get him his vp and i told him by 65 because the center of gravity of this party is shifted. i said we have just seen a bunch of outsider conservatives, student types and the joe shall types in california taking over the republican party national. at the same time you are mr. republic

richard nixon did not have charisma, lbj did not have charisma, by jack kennedy had charisma. i think they could've had chari. i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> the shot heard round the world happened right here at the northbridge. we are in concord, massachusetts to learn more about the battle that started the american revolution. >> by the bridge, here the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. historicalational park was established to celebrate the activities and events which took place on april 19 1775. behind me is northbridge. this is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution, because it was here that colonial militia and british regulars encountered one another, shots were fired, and lives were lost on both sides. more importantly, it was where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the king's troops creating in essence an act of treason. massachusetts was a royal colony. there have been tensions growing w

you can go back to 1947 where he is going off to europe and he and jack kennedy.s like that folks supported the marshall plan. nato, containment of the soviet union. unlike the old taft conservatives.in politics richard nixon i think is fair to say in his strategy, political strategies and tactics he was anti-elitist. partly populist. middle american is a sin. representing those who are unrepresented in his own way. the combination of those three things i think were the things that gave him the mammoth landslide in 1972. socially and culturally he was a traditionalist. and it inconsistencies about the old man, i think it is in my book, i did a briefing but agnes who did that for nixon when he was vice president and when i went to work for him and 65 and 66 pretty soon he had me doing the books for him in new york. then during the campaign of 68. and all of the presidency he will go over to his office and he would say what my briefing book by such and such a date. and i would get, whether of the papers and get all the questions out that the press was asking. i will

but jack kennedy had charisma. i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. in concord, massachusetts, we take you to orchard house, the home where louisa may alcott wrote her most famous work, little women. concordwe are in massachusetts, on the lexington road, where the redcoats marched into the north bridge on april the 19th of 1775, starting the american revolution. this house was standing event. eventually much later it becomes the home of amos brownson all caught and his family. one of the daughters, louisa may, in this house writes a book that changes a lot of the way people think about children, the way they think about women, the way they think about mature women. it was a progressive book or its day. frankly in many ways it still remains this. because it is a simple true to life story for young women and their parents. at al qaeda was an educated cott was al progressive thinker. they were in boston when he met ralph wal

jack kennedy had charisma. i think that could have tipped the balance in some people's minds, and smart as hell, too. our full schedule, go to c-span.org. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi and other members of the democratic working women's group responded to comments about sexual assault on college campuses. by comments were made candace jackson, who told the new york times that 90% of accusations on campus are made because of alcohol and bad breakups. apologized forer her comments. [murmuring] >> thank you everyone for being here to join us to talk about title ix protections for students across our country. forer pelosi, thank you being here, you have been a tireless advocate on this issue throughout your career. representative frankel, thank you for your leadership, you have led this group to confront tough and important issues we have been facing here. i want to thank all of my colleagues, as well. under title ix law, schools are legally required to remedy hostile educational environments. after years o

globalist and all of these things, they were not that different from kennedy's positions you know, jack kennedy'snd in some ways, kennedy was more conservative i think in terms of you know, bury any burden and all the rest of it, and yet, there was just a hostility to nixon that i have never seen before and you know, until we get to trump and of course president trump fights differently where the press would come and just fights back daily. brian: i have got a piece of tape that i have got to show you. we are close to the end of this. pat: sure. brian: i don't know if you remember this. this is october 24, 1999. see if you remember this. >> tomorrow, pat buchanan is announcing that he will be a candidate for the presidency in the reform party. trump: i just think it's ridiculous. >> why? i mean, he wrote a book. because look, he is a hitler hippie lover. i guess he is an anti-semite. he doesn't like the blacks. he doesn't like the gays. it's just incredible that anybody could embrace this guy and maybe he will get four or five percent of the vote and he will be a really staunched right whacko vot

[laughter] >> jack kennedy had charisma. could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's mines. smart as hell, too. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. host: at our table this morning, justice correspondent for npr about thenson to talk fbi nominee christopher wray testifying on capitol hill yesterday. i want to show viewers a little bit of his testimony where he was asked about his independent. [video clip] thatbelieve to my core there is only one right way to do this job and that is with strict independent by the book, playing it straight, faithful to the constitution, faithful to our laws, faithful to the best practices of the institution. fear, without favoritism, and certainly without regard to any partisan, political influence. that is the commitment that i brought to my years to duty as a line prosecutor. that is the commitment that i brought to my time as a head of the criminal division. that is a commitment that i think the american people rightly expect of the fbi

but jack kennedy had charisma. that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> sunday night on "afterwards," naomi klein on her book "no is not enough." she is interviewed by medea benjamin. tell usder if you could a bit about how the stage was set for trump. >> i see this as a bipartisan process, this table that was set for trial. it is not about politics, it is about media, news coverage. all he needed to do was show up. we were already treating elections like reality tv shows. we already had a media landscape that was much more interested in interpersonal drama between candidates than in-depth coverage between the issues. we already had a democrat using the tools of corporate branding themselves. president obama was a fantastic brand. he used cutting edge marketing techniques, and many of us felt that behind the claims that he was leading this deep change and transformation that there was not enough change, and that also helped set the table for trump. "afterwards" at 9:00 p.m. next, cia director mik

like that. .e was an internationalist all of these things were not that different from kennedy, jack kennedy. in some ways, kennedy was more conservative. yet, there was a hostility to ,ixon i have never seen before until we get to trump. president trump fights differently. trump fights back daily. brian: a piece of tape i've got -- i got to show you. october 24, 1999. see if you remember this. >> tamara pat buchanan is announcing he will be a candidate for the presidency on the rope warm party. -- on the reform party. lover, he doesr gays.ke the blacks, the maybe he will get 5% of the vote and it will be a staunch wacko vote. i can't imagine anyone can take them seriously. brian: what do you think when you see that? mr. buchanan: i thought we could be trump for the nomination and i thought we could. we got the nomination. you find out these are terms of endearment when you look at trump. laugh.at that and i do i got a of years ago call from donna trump. very gracious. mentioned some things and said he regretted it and he was very gracious about it. i supported him almost 100%. was elated he

in all of these things were not that different from kennedy's positions, jack kennedy. and kennedy was more conservative in terms of bear any burden and all the rest of it. yet, there was a hostility to nixon that i had never seen before and until we get to trump. of course, president trump . ghts differently trump just fights back daily. brian: i don't know if you remember this. this is october the 24th, 1999. see if you remember this. >> tomorrow, pat buchanan is announcing that he will be a candidate for the presidency on the reform vote. >> i just think it's ridiculous. i guess he's an anti-semite. he doesn't like the blacks. he doesn't like the gays. it's just incredible that anybody could embrace this guy. maybe he'll get 35% of the vote and it will be a really stanch whacko vote. i'm not sure it's right. it's just a whacko vote. i just can't imagine that anybody can take him seriously. brian: what do you think when you see that? >> that's when we announced. i felt we could beat trump with the nomination and i felt we could. brian: the reform party? mr. buchanan: a

richard nixon did not have charisma, lbj did not have charisma, by jack kennedy had charisma. i think they could've had chari. i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> the shot heard round the world happened right here at the northbridge. we are in concord, massachusetts to learn more about the battle that started the american revolution. >> by the bridge, here the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. nu

so once jack kennedy and bobby kennedy said what the hell are we doing? how did we get into this situation and? so if i end on a positive note that this national security team says we could go down this path to find ourselves in a war with china. we would become very inventive and then there is more than one solution to this problem. >> eight yes. [applause] >> i speak for everybody never has it been so enjoyable. distant -- "destined for war" is available for purchase outside. [applause] . . .... .... .... .... >> lisa jewel is going t

lbj did not have charisma but jack kennedy had charisma. i think i think that could've possibly tipped the balance. plus he was smart as hell. >> here is something to close on. it is an ethical question in part. we look forever to figure out how much it costs to buy a boat te in westa vo virginia. we really worked on this. we finally got a little help from a man who was the point man on the company. as near as he could tell from dealing with that sheriff if you wanted a vote in the west virginia primary it is a tradition down there. it costs two dollars and a half pint of branded whiskey. if you used moonshine that was a full pint. if that is what you want out of the west virginia primaries that is all it took. kennedy did it. >> papa joe sent money and suitcases, cash and suitcases into west virginia two keep under hotel beds. lbj was sending money to try to head off the kennedys. there is this money pouring into west virginia. it was probably the most dramatic of all primaries in west virginia. >> one of the paradoxes that is normal and p

i voted for jack kennedy. that was my left. the last time i voted. embarrassing vote in 1980. voted -- at the time i was not paying attention to politics. host: what did your friend say when you announced you are leaving the left. it was on the 700 club that you did the interview. david: i was on the 700 club. host: with pat robertson. roger le guin. that was fun. host: what did roger le guin say? somebody knows this. you did not do that one? what did your friends think? david: they were all former hippies who had become christians. i enjoyed that. we got very distracted. host: the sds, weather underground, that crew. david: we hated the democrats because we saw them as co-opting people. that is why we hated sullen ski nski, who said you do not -- you cannot burn the system down, you have to get power. if you tell people that they will not give you the power, they will reject you. it is stupid what you are doing. what you need to do is join the democratic party. democrats.by the we have come up with this, boring from within. is the thing from the 60's i was fond of. they went

jack kennedy had charisma. i think he possibly could have tipped the balance. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact to you. morning, reports on the security of the u.s. energy grid and recent hacks the systems. then lawrence noble discusses how u.s. election laws apply to interactions with foreign nationals or governments. and former u.s. ambassador to iraq will talk about the significance of iraqi forces retaking the ice is held city of mosul. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. >> a look at opposed rules that would give foreign police quicker access. privacy advocates and legal scholars discuss how the proposal would be implemented and its potential impact. from earlier this week on capitol hill this is just over hour. this event is hosted in conjunction with the congressional internet off internet caucus. -- congressional internet caucus. this caucus is with the

i've ascribed to what jack kennedy had, ronald reagan had and what we have today.duce taxes, the treasury gets more money. i want to create incentives for americans to go out and work and prosper and we'll actually see more growth in the country. we've got to make america wealthy again, in order it make it wealthy again, we have to remove burdensome taxes and regulations and the administration and congress is willing to do so. david: so when the president says upward revision, are you certain that he's not talking about raising tax rates. he's talking about getting rid of deductions? >> going to see the president tomorrow. david: i hope do you ask him and let us know how he answers, because if it means raising tax rates, that could kill any economic progress. >> you're absolutely right. let me make a steadfast comment, the house of representatives does not want to raise taxes, reduce taxes on hard working americans, we've got to get corporate tax rate down, it's the highest in the developed world. it is destroying our chance to get companies to base themselves here

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but jack kennedy had charisma and i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. and smart as hell too. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> earlier this week, military and government leaders from estonia, norway and the u.s. discussed the russian-led military exer sicise in and aro the baltic sea. the program was hosted by the atlantic council. it's an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to this event. implications for nato and the united states. i know it's already getting muggy out there so

what you would fear as an american is the first kind of meeting jack kennedy had when he went overseasth krush khrushchev in vienna right back in '61, and he just beat him up in the meeting. kennedy left there saying we've got to find a way to get back at him and i think we need to do it at vietnam. it was the roots of vietnam pushing back. so these can be very consequential meetings. >> jim, one of the things that's interesting and you know this from covering this is after this meeting, there will be the u.s. readout and then there will be the russian readout. we'll hear from both sides about what happened on the inside. it will be really interesting to see how much these two versions align. >> no question it will be. you'd expect differences. what's interesting is that the u.s. side has not been particularly forth coming with details about meetings that trump has given in the past. oftentimes some of those details leak out from the other side, if it's not russia, from u.s. allies, et cetera, other leaders, those kinds of calls. it is interesting that this is a formal bilat. because o

lbj did not have charisma, but jack kennedy had charisma. i think that could have tipped the balance in some people's minds, and smart as hell, too. our full schedule, go to c-span.org. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi and other members of the democratic working women's group responded to comments about sexual assault on college campuses. by comments were made candace jackson, who told the new york times that 90% of accusations on campus are made because of alcohol and bad breakups. apologized forer her comments.

because he wants an eric holder or a bobby kennedy, jack kennedy, relationship.e that when the attorney general is recused on the major issue of the administration. bill is right. the attorney general testified in his confirmation hearings that he would submit the question of recusal at the department of justice and he's an honorable man. that ethics official said he had to recuse himself. this was easily foreseeable. the president might have with drawn it at that time. i think the only way jeff sessions leaves is if the president fires him, as is he right to do. i disagree with bill. i think there are people who are, the former ag who would get through the senate and the president might establish a close relationship not hampered by the recusal. the president ought to have seen this coming because jeff sessions said as mitch in huch confirmation hearings. >> there were a lot of tsa nating things. you mentioned the one that caught my ear. he wants his daurks his son-in-law, people he feel has nothing but his interest at heart. isn't that what has gotten him into

but jack kennedy had charisma. i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds, and smart as hell too. >> for our complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >>> as the u.s. deals with a nationwide opioid epidemic, a house subcommittee heard from officials from maryland, rhode island and virginia about how they're treating people at risk of addiction and abuse. the hearing is two and a half hours.

but jack kennedy had charisma. and i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. and smart as hell, too. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> the outgoing president and ceo of amtrak, charles moorman, discussed some of the challenges facing the federally supported passenger railroad. following his remarks, he took questions at this national press club event. >> now to our headliner of today. he became president and chief executive officer of the national railroad passenger corporation. most people don't say that, they say amtrak. he is the tenth executive to lead amtrak since the company began operations in 1971, prior to taking the helm as a transitional ceo at amtrak, mr. moorman spent four decades at northern suffolk corporation and its predecessor, southern railway. a native of new orleans, mr. moorman grew up in mississippi and educated at the georgia institute of technology and harvard university. last month mr. moorman announced plans to step d

jack kennedy had charisma. he possibly could have tipped the balance. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact to you. morning, reports on the security of the u.s. energy grid and recent hacks the systems. then lawrence noble discusses how u.s. election laws apply to interactions with foreign nationals or governments. and former u.s. ambassador to iraq will talk about the significance of iraqi forces retaking the ice is held city of mosul.

but jack kennedy had charisma. i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. in concord, massachusetts, we take you to orchard house, the home where louisa may alcott wrote her most famous work, little women. concordwe are in massachusetts, on the lexington road, where the redcoats marched into the north bridge on april the 19th of 1775, starting the american revolution. this house was standing event.

famously the predicate here is jack kennedy's meeting with nikita khrushchev at the very beginning of his presidency taxpayer that khrushchev took the measure of kennedy and thought he was weak and what followed was the building of the wall and the cuban missile crisis. so when vladimir putin is looking at the speeches -- >> he's looking at the -- >> he's looking at the tweets. the impulses. he is asking himself does he believe this article 5 talk? i think if i were putin, i would draw the conclusion that he doesn't. that it's always hedged. >> well, so, you and i have been political staffers. we both worked on national security messages if you will. i never had the experience of having to override the circuitry of a president. we had to smooth over plenty of george w. bush's rough edges. he famously said i'm going to get bin laden dead or alive. he said things that were not politically correct. he said things that were off message. but there was never this exercise of having to literally override all of his impulses as bret just said and sort of coerce my own principle into affirming

it took -- jack kennedy had charisma and i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. and smart too. >> for our complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >> the senate will be taking up a new version of the health care law replacement bill next yeek. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter for details on the process ahead and where the support is among republicans.

. -- charisma that jack kennedy had charisma and could that have tipped the balance? . >> if you could tell us how the stage was set?. >> it was a bipartisan process. but you beat -- news and media coverage it was set so many ways we were already treating elections like reality tv shows. we had a media landscape that was more interpersonal drama of rather than "in-depth" coverage of the issues. we already had a democrat using a corporate branding president obama did that cutting edge marketing techniques that behind the claims of that transformation there was not enough change.

when jack kennedy went into summit with the russian leader nikita khrushchev in vienna, very wild frenched to impress on him is being willing to fight if necessary. kennedy didn't because khrushchev put nuclear missiles in cuba next year. has trump done that? that to me would indicate if the summit was successful or not. >> steve wrote about important implications on the wind that the administration is talking about. embarrassment wasn't limited to interference in the us election. where rex tillerson claimed american and russian objectives were the same as we have seen discussion of this cease-fire that is supposed to go into effect in 24 hours but they don't know anything about it and as we discussed the russian cease-fires are not worth a couple of rubles. >> do you know who will enforce the cease-fire? russian military police. we have nothing to worry about. >> such friendly folks. >> they will grab a few volunteers. this is not just a nonstarter. this is a little bizarre. >> is there a test now that vladimir putin gives to donald trump to see where to take advantage of this relations

, you know, he acted like he hated me without even knowing me, because he was a good friend of jack kennedy and did not believe in anything of this nature. so the national security correspondent was a vulture. he had a history of defending interventions all over the world, very good at it. you know his past better than me, nicaragua, guatemala. the point is the washington post was -- they still are, who are we kidding? where is the washington post? [indiscernible] [laughter] oliver: it does not matter who owns it. it is running on its own petrol of lies. [indiscernible] oliver: they had to. we are going to run this whole thing. we are going to embarrass you for not publishing it. it is the only way it works with those guys. they are tough and they are nasty and they are living in a tough world. you know, miserable. it is a tough job. >> when you read that reply -- oliver: getting the scoop, it does not matter what is the truth, it matters getting the scoop. it becomes a cynical business, as bad as advertising. right? would you say anything else, ray? you want to add on that? your member the

i was thinking yesterday, george, about jack kennedy at the same point in his presidency meeting with nikita khrushchev and khrushchev ate kennedy alive, saying afterwards it was the worst day of his life. this was a person who had been at his pt boat blown up during the war. it had really severe consequences because khrushchev saw kennedy as weak, as indecisive, and he then two months later built the berlin wall and a year later the cuban missile crisis happened and it took kennedy showing strength during that crisis for khrushchev to finally understand that he couldn't mess with the united states. so these can have very severe consequences if the president doesn't really back up his statements with some sense that the united states means business in taking on russia. >> matthew, we know the president likes to have successful meetings, wants to say he achieved something but there's some real tension there because he does also have to confront someone who's been taking him on across the globe? >> well, george, i think there's real tension. you take vladimir putin on one but there's re